Bijao Power Station — Honduras
Coal power plant in Cortés, Honduras. Approximate location 15.703346, -87.926887.
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Bijao Power Station is a 70 MW coal power plant in Cortés, Honduras. It is operated by Bijao Electric Company SA de CV [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 88k homes (estimated). It ranks #13 of 47 Honduras power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2015, it is around 11 years old — relatively modern. In context, coal supplies about 0.5% of Honduras's electricity; the national grid averages 322 gCO₂/kWh (55.4% low-carbon) (2024).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_bijao_hondu.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
In context: how this plant compares
Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Honduras coal capacity
- 41.2% of 170 MW across 2 plants in this dataset
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Honduras
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Bijao Electric Company SA de CV [100%].
Climate zone & how it works
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 15.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #2 largest coal power plant of 2 in Honduras by capacity.
Honduras has 2 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 170 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- PECSA power station · Gas · 54 MW · Cortés
- EMCE · Oil · 26.6 MW · Cortes
- ENERSA Choloma · Oil · 371 MW · Cortes
- Puente Alto Energy power station · Coal · 100 MW · Cortés
- Puerto Cortés power station · Gas · 350 MW · Cortés
- ELCOSA · Oil · 80 MW · Cortes
Location
Coordinates 15.703346, -87.926887 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Bijao Power Station?
Bijao Power Station is a 70 MW coal power plant in Cortés, Honduras, commissioned in 2015.
Who operates Bijao Power Station?
Bijao Power Station is operated by Bijao Electric Company SA de CV [100%].